Carson
Exchange Hotel Register
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1918 - 1923
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the hotel register for the Carson Exchange
Hotel in Carson City NV for the years 1918-1923.
Clark,
Wilbur and Toni
Coll # 95-49
Date: 1947 - 1991
Extent 3 boxes (1 document box, 1 flat oversize box, 1 record
storage box)
Collection is comprised of the personal and business papers of
Wilbur and Toni Clark. Wilbur Clark was owner of the luxurious
Desert Inn Casino/Hotel that opened in 1950. The small collection
includes correspondence to Clark from a number of celebrities
such as the Duchess of Windsor and the Kennedys. There is also
a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings, and a number of 16 mm films
that feature Clark and his wife Toni at the Desert Inn. A related
photo collection contains over three hundred photographs of the
Desert Inn in the 1950s. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dick, Mida Mae
Coll # 86-10
Date: 1957 - 1986
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of Las Vegas show programs and postcards,
entertainment magazines and newspaper clippings about Las Vegas
entertainment personalities, Las Vegas, and the state of Nevada.
The greatest amount of material focuses on the Tropicana and its
Folies Bergere show.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Dunes Hotel
Coll # 93-08
Date: 1955 - 1992
Extent 19 document boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Collection is comprised of publicity files of the Dunes Hotel.
Material includes scrapbooks, budgets, employee files, contracts,
correspondence, press releases, news clippings, advertising and
publicity. Notable subjects include the Casino de Paris production
show and showgirls, Major Riddle and Dunes Hotel restaurants such
as the Sultan's Table. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
El Cortez
Hotel
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1963
Extent 1 DBL OVERSIZE box
Collection contains a scrapbook from 1963 of news clippings of
promotional events, performers and the general goings on of the
hotel.
El Rancho Vegas Hotel
Coll # T120
Date: 1954 - 1960
Extent 1 slim document box; 1 oversize folder
Collection is comprised of a small number of documents pertaining
to the El Rancho Vegas
Hotel/Casino. Items include a community fair program (with Judi
Watts photo on the front as the fair queen), stationary, and a
1954 El Rancho Vegas stock certificate. A panoramic photo of the
El Rancho Vegas is located in an oversized folder. Please note
that other artifacts pertaining to the El Rancho Vegas Hotel are
available - please consult the Manuscripts Librarian for details.
Ellsworth, Elmo
Coll # T125
Date: 1965-1970
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection is comprised of the business and personal papers of
Elmo Ellsworth, Las Vegas businessman and booster. A member of
the LV Chamber of Commerce, Ellsworth was known for greeting visitors
at McCarran airport in his trademark western shirts and white
Stetson hat. The collection includes documents from his employment
at the Flamingo and Riviera Hotels and his work in securing conventions.
Items include correspondence and room records.
Flamingo Hilton
Coll # 85-10
Date: 1973 - 1983
Extent 1 record storage box and 1 document box (1.5 linear ft.)
Collection consists of select organizational and promotional records
of the Flamingo Hilton Hotel from the 1970s and 1980s. Materials
include press releases, invitations, brochures, table tents, staff
meeting minutes, design proposals/bids for neon signs, ad copy
and some artifacts.
Fluke, David
Coll # 89-29
Date: 1947 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of the notebooks of David Fluke, a Las Vegas
resident whose hobby was
documenting the history of Las Vegas Strip entertainment and performers
from 1947-1981.
Notebooks feature handwritten lists of the entertainers' play
dates, lounge shows, dates of
Las Vegas debuts, celebrity trivia and biographies. INVENTORY
AVAILABLE
Frontier Hotel - Casino
Coll # 88-109
Date: 1948 - 1988
Extent 79 boxes (75 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 3 flat
oversize boxes) 32 linear ft.
Collection is comprised of the publicity files of the Frontier
Hotel. Documents include press releases, news clippings, ad copy,
photographs, marketing information, and programs on the various
performers and promotional events that took place at the hotel.
There is a significant amount of material on Siegfried and Roy
during their time at the Frontier Hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Gregory, Matt
Coll # 96-22
Date: 1959-1986
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the papers of Las Vegas producer, manager/agent
Matt Gregory. Gregory was also known as creator of the Las Vegas-style
mini-revue. Collection includes contracts, costume sketches, press
releases, videos, show reviews, and advertisements. Shows documented
include Fancy That, Feminine Touch, Mad Mod World, La Nouvelle
Eve, and Kanpai. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc.
Coll # 2002-33
Date: 1930's - 1990's
Extent 21 boxes (17 record storage boxes, 2 large flat oversize
boxes, 2 flat oversize boxes)
Collection is comprised of the corporate archives of Harrah's
Entertainment Inc. Includes Harrahscope company newsletters, photographs,
photo albums, news clippings, promotional items (ranging from
matchbooks, dice, hats, glasses to key chains, and playing cards),
Bill Harrah's personal playing card and automobile hood ornament
collections.
Hart, Nat
Coll # 2000-15
Date: 1950-1990's
Extent 16 record storage boxes
Collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of
noted Las Vegas chef and
restaurateur, Nat Hart, who ran the Bacchanal Restaurant in Caesar's
Palace. Material includes
news clippings, scrapbooks, awards, architectural plans, recipes,
and photographs.
Hayes,
Grace
Coll # 86-75
Date: 1900 - 1989
Extent 4 document boxes (19 linear in.) + 1 album
Collection includes the personal and financial papers of actress
and singer, Grace Hayes, who owned the Red Rooster, a nightclub
on Highway 91 (later the Strip). Collection includes financial
documents, newspaper clippings about Grace Hayes, her son, actor
and writer Peter Lind Hayes, and his wife actress Mary Healy.
Also includes obituaries for her husband, producer Robert Hopkins;
personal correspondence; show business mementos; legal documents
and photo albums. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Heffner,
Van V.
Coll # 93-34
Date: ca. 1980's - 1990's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the convention programs for Nevada Lodgings
(for the Nevada Hotel and Motel Association) annual meetings and
the Chef of the Year convention, and the Food Executive Newsletter,
Nevada Hospitality, Nevada Lodging, International Food Service
Executive Association Magazine and other culinary and lodging/management
publications.
Hirsch,
C. J.
Coll # 87-111
Date: 1955 - 1987
Extent 9 boxes (7 document boxes, 1 slim document, 1 record storage
box)
Collection is comprised of the papers of Charles Hirsch, noted
casino accountant for the Sands Hotel, news clippings of interviews
with Hirsch on running a casino and "can you beat the system"
etc., books, general correspondence about meetings and upcoming
speeches for the American Society for Quality Control - Las Vegas
Chapter, a copy of the Sands Hotel Master Gaming Report 1965.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Hotel
Nevada Guest Register
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1910-1911
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection consists of the guest register for the Hotel Nevada,
which opened on the southeast
corner of Main Street and Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 1906.
This particular volume lists guest names and their home cities
for the period spanning July 1910 through September 1911.
Howard
Hughes/William Hannah
Coll # 96-21
Date: 1930s-1970s
Extent 101 record storage boxes
Collection is comprised of the files of William Hannah, public
relations director for Howard
Hughes. Collection is comprised primarily of newspaper clippings,
magazines and photographs. Clippings focus on subjects such as
organized crime, gaming, Spruce Goose, Hughes' RKO Studios, and
the Flying Boat. BOX LIST AVAILABLE
International Association of Gaming Attorneys
Coll # 85-113
Date: 1979 - 1985
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of materials collected by the International
Association of Gaming Attorneys. Documents include gaming license
applications from various corporations in Nevada and New Jersey,
gaming publications, gaming -conference proceedings, gaming commission
reports and correspondence of the National Association of Gaming
Attorneys. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Key, Alice
Coll # 95-47
Date: 1936-1995
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of Alice Key, who came to Las
Vegas in 1955 as Public Relations Director for the Moulin Rouge
Hotel. Key had been a chorus girl in her early days in Los Angeles.
Key was active in the Civil Rights movement in Las Vegas, and
in a number of political and community service organizations such
as the NAACP. Collection consists of clippings, photographs, correspondence,
and videos regarding civil rights and entertainment, in particular,
the preservation of the Moulin Rouge Hotel. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Las Vegas Numismatic Society
Coll # 87-41
Date: 1962 - 1970
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists primarily of material pertaining to the Las
Vegas Numismatic Society such as
receipts, membership lists, deposit slips, correspondence, news
clippings, photographs,
newsletters, and memos. Unrelated items in the collection include
Nevada Test Site newsletters,
publications from Reynolds Engineering and Electrical Co. and
Sahara Hotel brochures,
newsletters, and postcards. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Las
Vegas Show Costume Designs
Coll # 2000-19
Date: ca1960s-1990s
Extent 6 oversize flat boxes
Collection comprised of costume design sketches created by Anne
Guertin, Corrado Colabucci, Larry Merritt and Josephine Spinedi
for various Las Vegas production shows.
Las Vegas Show Programs
Coll # 93-28
Date: ca 1950s - 1960s
Extent 1 document box
Collection is comprised of various show programs from hotels such
as Caesar's Palace, Desert Inn, Flamingo, Dunes, El Rancho, Fremont,
Frontier, Hilton, International, and the Sands. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Lyon, Annette
Coll # 90-45
Date: ca.1970s-1980s
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of ashtrays and pens from numerous Las Vegas
casinos.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Malcolm, David G.
Coll # 85-122
Date: 1944 - 1978
Extent 1 document box
Collection consists of the papers of David G. Malcom. Much of
the collection includes documents from his work within the audit
division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Other materials focus on Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) and Henderson
history. Contains an almost complete run of BMI newsletters such
as the Big Job and Basic Bombardier. There are also a variety
of news clippings (invention of the electric meter, price of silver,
the movie industry), brochures and articles from Las Vegas and
Reno in the 1950s and 1960s.
Marshall L. Wright - Riviera Hotel Scrapbook
Coll # 97-14
Date: 1954-1956
Extent 1 oversize box
Collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper articles about Wright
and the Hotel Riviera, ads for upcoming performers like Liberace,
a copy of a menu, pictures of the hotel under construction, general
correspondence and the press packet from the 1955 opening.
Meehan,
Louise
Coll # 89-93
Date: ca. 1980's
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of Las Vegas casino promotional items-ashtrays,
wine glasses and photos.
Meiklejohn,
Patrick
Coll # 94-41
Date: x
Extent 3 record storage boxes
Collection consists of 100+ decks of casino playing cards and
misc. casino memorabilia of undetermined amount and cost.
MGM Grand
Coll # T175
Date: 1970 - 1982
Extent 3 boxes (2 record storage boxes, 1 document box)
Collection is comprised of litigation documentation stemming from
the November 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire that killed 85 people.
Included in the documentation are testimonies regarding construction
materials and processes, testimonies regarding the electrical
system and the ways in which fire and smoke spread and an index
of eyewitness accounts. There is also included in this collection
a transcript from a Nova special "Why America Burns"
and a copy of the 1970 Building Code.
Minsky,
Harold
Coll # 87-97
Date: 1922 - 1978
Extent 27 boxes (24 document boxes, 2 slim document boxes, and
1 record storage)
Collection is comprised of the personal papers of noted burlesque
producer, Harold Minsky. Minsky was noted for creating the "family
burlesque" style and for introducing the topless showgirl
to Las Vegas at the Dunes Hotel in 1957. His collection includes
scripts, publicity, photographs, financial records, payroll records,
sheet music, news clippings, contracts, and correspondence. COLLECTION
GUIDE AVAILABLE
Monte Carlo
Club
Coll # T72
Date: 1944
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection consists of select records from the Monte Carlo Club,
a Fremont Street casino which
opened in 1944 with the tagline "Home of More Jackpots."
The collection contains blank checks
and stationary from the Monte Carlo Club, and a binder with articles
of incorporation, bylaws, and a ledger listing the names, addresses
and number of shares owned by individual stockholders. Listed
as the incorporators were Wilbur Clark, Art Ham and Ryland Taylor.
Moore, William J .
Coll # T174
Date: 1925 - 1974
Extent 7 document boxes
The William J. Moore collection consists of a number of mining
publications (Uof NV Bulletins on Geology and Mining, photographs
of mine locations, mine production reports, sales contracts of
various ores), maps (quadrangles with marked mine locations),
claims, and correspondence re: the casino construction. It also
includes original plans for the Last Frontier. Scrapbooks from
the Frontier Hotel are in the oversize section of Special Collections
and not included in the inventory for this collection. There is
also information on estimates and analysis for a 500 room Las
Vegas
resort hotel. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Nevada
Biltmore Hotel
Coll # 2003-28
Date: 1942 - 1985
Extent Collection consists of a scrapbook on the Nevada Biltmore
Hotel, located in downtown Las Vegas. The scrapbook contains photographs
of the hotel, hotel stationary, a menu and news clippings announcing
who will be staying at the Biltmore and who will be appearing
and performing. There are also news clippings about city leaders.
New York
New York Hotel/Casino 9/11 T-Shirt Collection
Coll # 2002-30
Date: 2001-02
Extent 460 Oversize boxes
Collection consists of tee shirts (t-shirts) and other artifacts
which were left at the Statue of Liberty replica located at the
New York New York Hotel/Casino in memory of the firefighters and
law enforcement personnel who lost their lives during the terrorist
attacks on September 11, 2001. (Stored in LASR)
Rawls,
Ellen Burke
Coll # 2002-19
Date: ca 1980s-1990s
Extent 1 record storage box
Collection consists of newspaper columns on Atlantic City entertainment
by Atlantic City
journalist Ellen Burke Rawls. Other materials include correspondence
and columns on various
aspects of Atlantic City and New Jersey life.
Rissman, Homer
Coll # 2002-20
Date: 1957-1996
Extent 18 boxes (1 slim document box, 17 document boxes)
Collection is comprised of the drawings and architectural renderings
of noted Las Vegas architect Homer Rissman. Some of Rissman's
most notable projects include the Flamingo Towers, Sands Expo
Center, Circus Circus (the original), and the additions to the
original International (later Las Vegas Hilton).
Sands Hotel
Coll # 2000-12
Date: 1952 - 1979
Extent 80 boxes (7 flat boxes and 2 large flat boxes located on
the roller shelf, 58 document boxes, 12 record storage boxes,
2 flat boxes, 1 large flat box)
The Sands Collection is comprised of the publicity files of Al
Freeman, Publicity Director of the Sands Hotel for many years.
Materials in the collection include business documents, correspondence,
press releases, news clippings and advertisements etc. but the
bulk of the collection is comprised of photographs. The collection
is particularly rich in photographs of celebrities and entertainers,
the Rat Pack being the most prominent among these. There is also
a significant amount of material on the Copa Girls. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Schwartz, Sonny
Coll # 2001-14
Date: 1970s-1990s
Extent: 12 document boxes
Collection consists of audio cassette tapes from the radio show
of Sonny Schwartz, Atlantic City
journalist and radio host. Other material in the collection includes
news clippings, video tapes,
correspondence, radio program guest schedules, and newspaper columns
written by Schwartz.
INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Shaw, James C.
Coll # 86-55
Date: 1986
Extent 1 slim document box
Collection contains menus and sales packages from various hotels
in Canada and the U.S.
Silver
Slipper Scrapbook
Coll # Roller Shelf
Date: 1974 - 1976
Extent 1 flat oversize box
Collection consists of 1 scrapbook containing adds announcing
upcoming performers and performance reviews at the Silver Slipper
Casino.
Stardust
Convention Cards
Coll # 2003-03
Date: ca. 1960's
Extent 2 record storage boxes
Collection contains the contact information and convention plans
for thousands of companies from around the United States on index
cards, indexed by geographic location.
Stern, Martin
Coll # 96-23
Date: x
Extent
Collection consists of the drawings and architectural renderings
of noted architect, Martin Stern, famous for his work on the Googie-style
Ship's coffee shops in Los Angeles, and for his work on various
Las Vegas hotel/casino projects such as the Sands Tower, the International
(now Hilton) Hotel and the MGM Grand (now Ballys). COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Stevens, Maury
Coll # 86-66
Date: 1953 - 1981
Extent 2 document boxes
The collection of Maury Stevens, a Las Vegas advertising executive
who worked at a number of
Strip hotels and edited Las Vegas Life and Now Magazine. The collection
contains a variety of
programs, brochures, photos, magazines and news clippings pertaining
to hotels, performers and
special events in Las Vegas. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Stocker, Harold & Mayme
Coll # T63
Date: 1860 - 1982
Extent 11 document boxes; 6 linear ft.
The collection of Oscar and Mayme Stocker and their sons Lester,
Clarence, and Harold. The
Stockers settled in Las Vegas in 1911 where Mayme was the first
person to receive a gaming license in 1931 when she opened the
Northern Club. Collection consists of news clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. The business and legal series
consists mainly of Harold's papers from 1930-1977, and includes
deeds, leases, business agreements, and Chief Hotel Court statements
and room accounts. There is also material dealing with family
history and their interests and activities, and political documents
which cover Harold Stocker's Republican Party activities from
1939-1976, including party publications, newspaper clippings,
correspondence, and bank statements. COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
Sulich,
Vassili
Coll # 2003-11
Date: 1950's - 1990's
Extent
Collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of
Croatian-born choreographer, Vassili Sulich, founder of the Nevada
Dance Theatre, the first professional ballet company in Nevada.
Includes materials from his time as a professional ballet dancer
in Europe, and as dancer at the Follies Bergere at the Tropicana
Hotel in Las Vegas. Collection is comprised of photographs, news
clippings, correspondence, programs, posters, scrapbooks, and
various ephemera.
Taylor,
Richard
Coll # 86-17
Date: 1955-1992
Extent 10 boxes (8 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 record
storage box)
Collection contains the papers of Richard Taylor, former manager
of the Hacienda Hotel.
Includes news clippings, promotional materials, financial reports,
correspondence and memos from the Hacienda; news clippings, advertisements,
maps, real estate reports and correspondence regarding Mount Charleston
and its development and history including Lee Canyon and Kyle
Canyon; news clippings related to the town of Laughlin, Nevada
and its history in the late 1980s
and early 1990s. There are also clippings on Laughlin developments
such as the El Miraco
and Silverado.
Thompson,
William
Coll # 87-63
Date: 1987
Extent 2 document boxes
Collection consists of foreign casino publicity and promotional
materials such as matches, menus, coasters, key chains and a variety
of other memorabilia from international casinos. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Thunderbird
Coll # T100
Date: 1965 - 1973
Extent 12 document boxes
The Thunderbird Hotel Collection is comprised of material from
the hotel's entertainment department. It contains a variety of
photographs, memos, news releases, news clippings, contracts,
slides, posters and articles pertaining to entertainers and shows
at the Thunderbird.
Collection is arranged alphabetically by name of entertainer or
act. INVENTORY AVAILABLE
Trump Taj Mahal Press Clippings
Coll # 2001-10
Date: 2001 -2003
Extent 5 document boxes
Collection contains the press clippings from numerous papers regarding
the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Vinas,
Jose Luis
Coll # 2003-10
Date: ca. 1950's - 1980's
Extent 3 flat oversized boxes
Collection consists of the costume designs, news clippings, and
photographs of noted Las Vegas costume designer, Jose Luis Vinas,
who designed for producer Frederic Apcar in shows such as Vive
Les Girls and Casino de Paris.
Young Electric
Sign Company (YESCO)
Coll # 98-12
Date: 1920-1995
Extent 33 document boxes
Collection documents the history of the Young Electric Sign Company
(YESCO) and is comprised of numerous visual materials such as
photographs, negatives, slides, transparencies and videotapes.
Also contains correspondence, price books, drawings, calculations,
newspaper and trade magazine articles on YESCO, and oral history
interviews and audio recordings of YESCO designers and executives.
COLLECTION GUIDE AVAILABLE
